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Patterns, Monsters and Mysteries Saints' Lives
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Images – Saints' Lives Between 1999 and 2001 I created a body of work concerning two saints from southeast Wales as prints, animation and installation. Although conceived and created over ten years ago, the images represented a change in direction of travel: utilising specific examples of mainly Welsh historical visual culture in the interpretation of the past. Since these images were made, more recent work has been less intertwined with specific Welsh medieval narratives and more abstract. However, I will be returning to the subject of Welsh saints in November 2014, working on a research project at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh Studies. Gwynllyw is associated with Newport and the site of St Woolos Cathedral, where the earliest surviving architecture is roughly contemporary with the medieval Latin life of the saint, from around the twelfth century. Tatheus reputedly established the monastery within the remains of the Roman town of Caerwent. The images link the tradition of the saint with the Roman and post-Roman archaeology of the town.
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